San Paolo Albanese
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San Paolo Albanese is a village and comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Potenza
Province of Potenza
The Province of Potenza is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.-Geography:It has an area of 6,545 km² and a total population of 387,107 . There are 100 comuni in the province .-History:In 272 B.C. the province was conquered by the Greek army...

, in the Basilicata
Basilicata
Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...

 region of southern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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Geography

The village is bordered by Alessandria del Carretto
Alessandria del Carretto
Alessandria del Carretto is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of Italy.The movie ]] was filmed in this town....

 (CS), Cersosimo
Cersosimo
Cersosimo is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata....

, Noepoli
Noepoli
Noepoli is a comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. This ancient Lucanian village is situated in an idyllic position in the Sarmento Valley, at the heart of the Pollino National Park.-History:...

, San Costantino Albanese
San Costantino Albanese
San Costantino Albanese is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata....

 and Terranova di Pollino
Terranova di Pollino
Terranova di Pollino is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata....

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History

San Paolo Albanese has seen substantial immigration by ethnic Albanians, or Arbëreshë
Arbëreshë
The Arbëreshë are a linguistic and ethnic Albanian minority community living in southern Italy, especially the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Molise, Calabria and Sicily...

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The village was called Casalnuovo Lucano from 1936 to 1962.

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